Thirith on 1/12/2009 at 12:52
Just in case there's someone here who can help with this:
I've purchased and downloaded a song from Amazon, since we need it for an event. I then burned it onto an audio CD. (I also did two other audio CDs with tunes copied from CDs.)
When I played the two CDs with the tunes copied directly from other CDs, they played just fine. However, when I played the song, it was badly distorted; the singing was warbly and barely audible.
Since there wasn't anyone around who knows the sound system where the event is taking place, I didn't know whether the problem's with the recording or with the system. I don't really work a lot with MP3s, so I don't know whether this might be the effect of some copy protection system, or whether it's more likely to be something to do with the system's mix. The original MP3 sounds just fine on my computer.
Any idea what the problem might be?
Matthew on 1/12/2009 at 13:10
As far as I know Amazon doesn't use any kind of copy-protection (except possibly watermarking) on their MP3s, so it's unlikely to be that. Might I suggest burning a second CD and seeing if that one is OK?
Thirith on 1/12/2009 at 13:15
Will do. I thought I'd checked the audio CD at home and it sounded fine, which is the main reason why I'm a bit confused; but it's very well possible that I only properly checked the two CDs copied from an audio CD. Glad to hear that it's unlikely to be a copy-protection issue. (Most likely it's that the sound system at the venue is badly set up.)
bikerdude on 1/12/2009 at 13:19
also what did you use to burn the CD..?
Thirith on 1/12/2009 at 13:21
I used the Nero Suite, which worked just fine for the two tracks copied from audio CD.
TBE on 2/12/2009 at 20:10
Open your burn settings, and pick the slowest possible speed that you can burn at. Some older CD players are not able to play media burned at high speeds. Computers correct any wobbles they find on these discs, and play back with no errors. But old audio systems and some car CD players do not read the discs properly.
Muzman on 2/12/2009 at 21:32
Check the sample rate of the original file. I've had things that were unexpectedly high res turn up before and/or assumed the burning software would just down convert but it didn't.
If the original file has a sample rate higher than 44.1khz it might be the problem.
Also, use something (I use CDex, but most things can do it these days I think. Winamp can with some fidgeting) to convert it to a wav file and see if the problem recurs.
theBlackman on 3/12/2009 at 08:31
Muzman has a good idea. My card will do 46.00 but If I do it locks up the burner app.
So I must stay at 44.1 or blow the whole thing.
Al_B on 3/12/2009 at 22:45
I have a soft spot for (
http://infrarecorder.org/) InfraRecorder when it comes to burning CDs (or DVDs). Free and never given me problems. Not sure if it will help with your MP3s but may be worth a shot.
